Plate 59 



XOX-VEXOMOUS SNAKES 



KING SNAKE Ophibolus getulus. 

 A cannibalistic species of eastern North America. It frequently 

 kills poisonous serpents and, though generally bitten while constrict- 

 ing its venomous prey to death, is quite immune to the poison. 



GRASS SNAKE Dromicus angulifer. Bahama Islands ; 



Cuba. 

 Adults are three and one-half to five feet long. 



